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Duane N
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p.1 #1 · Various Great Egret captures.

It's nice to have a cooperative subject every now and then....in this case it was two cooperative subjects. A road runs between a lake and two Egrets fish on either side of it. They seem to have an understanding and stay out of each others way. Between boaters and photographers that like to roam

(never understood how someone thinks a bird will stay when you walk straight at them) they scare the Egrets into flight...I just sit and wait while the others do all the work.

3. Legless Egret.

5. One of their favorite perches.

8. Have to throw this one in the mix.

Thanks for looking. C&C welcomed.

Duane

Jul 05, 2009 at 12:20 AM

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p.1 #2 · Various Great Egret captures.

All excellent captures but that #7 is definitely my favorite. Superb series Duane. Thanks for sharing.

Jul 05, 2009 at 12:23 AM

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p.1 #3 · Various Great Egret captures.

yep, #7 is a beauty, just a tad tight on the bottom IMO.
All purdy durn nice exposures sir

Jul 05, 2009 at 12:35 AM

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p.1 #4 · Various Great Egret captures.

Awesome captures, well done

Jul 05, 2009 at 03:22 AM

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p.1 #5 · Various Great Egret captures.

Splendid whites on the egrets ... excellent captures!

#7 is my favorite.

What kind of hawk is in #8?

Thanks for sharing,
Tom

Jul 05, 2009 at 03:42 AM

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p.1 #6 · Various Great Egret captures.

Nice stuff - 3 and 7 are killer, for me at least. Getting the right exposure on these critters has got to be tough.

Jul 05, 2009 at 04:01 AM

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p.1 #7 · Various Great Egret captures.

Beautiful set Duane,

Lil

Jul 05, 2009 at 04:39 AM

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p.1 #8 · Various Great Egret captures.

Wouldn't be a post from Duane without an eagle. Very nice job on these Duane, #7 is my favourite.

Rob

Jul 05, 2009 at 05:09 AM

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p.1 #9 · Various Great Egret captures.

These are quite nice Duane. Simple and beautiful, just the right hue on that water in the BG and the light was your friend

My picks are the legless egret, I like the form and the head position with outstretched leading wing and of course #7 has got 'hang me on the wall' written all over it, wow buddy that is simply stunning

Fine work on the exposures, the setting sounds very entertaining

Karl

Jul 05, 2009 at 03:12 PM

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p.1 #10 · Various Great Egret captures.

Very nice series. good work on the exposures.
7 would be my favorite.

marty

Jul 05, 2009 at 03:14 PM

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p.1 #11 · Various Great Egret captures.

They are all beauties. The exposure is spot on. Great action sequence.
Harsha

Jul 05, 2009 at 03:19 PM

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p.1 #12 · Various Great Egret captures.

Thanks everyone for the replies. I muffed the camera settings on the in-flights and for some reason they were underexposed having bright morning light available. I was shooting at +1/3 EC and had to up the exposure in ACR by 70...introduced some noise in the process.

Still haven't figured out why they were underexposed with these settings and conditions.

Jul 05, 2009 at 04:32 PM

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p.1 #13 · Various Great Egret captures.

#7 and #8 are my top picks out of this bunch. Neat captures Duane.

Jude

Jul 05, 2009 at 04:37 PM

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p.1 #14 · Various Great Egret captures.

Terrific egret images. Looks like waiting paid off.

Wayne

Jul 05, 2009 at 07:19 PM

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p.1 #15 · Various Great Egret captures.

Now there is a better proportion

Terrific series Duane, can't pick a favorite I like them all - those landing shots are cool and have lovely detail

- Gene

Jul 05, 2009 at 09:53 PM

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p.1 #16 · Various Great Egret captures.

harshaj1 wrote:
They are all beauties. The exposure is spot on. Great action sequence.
Harsha

Ditto to that.

Tony

Jul 05, 2009 at 10:31 PM

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p.1 #17 · Various Great Egret captures.

All of these photos are EXCELLENT. They are a pure joy to look at. If I had to pick just one to have made into a wall hangar it would be #7.

It is a piece of fine art.

Lynn

Jul 05, 2009 at 10:47 PM

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p.1 #18 · Various Great Egret captures.

Thank you Jude, Wayne, Gene, Tony and Lynn for the kind words.

Jul 05, 2009 at 10:59 PM

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